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11/15/2024 - 12:00pm Convergence of Medicine and Engineering: Impacting Patient Care & Implantable Microanalytical Systems in Trauma and Allograft Stratification Dr. Anthony (Tony) Guiseppi-Elie, Ph.D. University of Houston
11/08/2024 - 12:00pm Flow-Induced Reprogramming of Endothelial Cells (FIRE) in Atherosclerosis: From Mechanobiology to Mechanomedicine. Hanjoong Jo Ph.D. University of Houston
11/01/2024 - 12:00pm The Effects of Magnetic Fields and Field Gradients on Living Cells Jarek Wosik, Ph.D. University of Houston
10/25/2024 - 12:00pm Fall Detection in the Real-World Anne H.H. Ngu, Ph.D. University of Houston
10/18/2024 - 12:00pm Advancing Human Movement Analysis: Insights from High-Density EEG and EMG During Locomotion Andrew D. Nordin, Ph.D. University of Houston
10/14/2024 - 10:00am Closed-loop Non-Invasive Neural Therapeutics Paul Sajda, Ph.D. University of Houston
10/11/2024 - 12:00pm Petascale Neuroimaging Models: Unifying the Molecular and Tissue Scales and its Application to Alzheimer’s Disease Michael I. Miller, Ph.D. University of Houston
10/11/2024 - 12:00pm Quantitative Liver MRI Aaryani Sajja, Ph.D. University of Houston
10/04/2024 - 12:00pm Electrokinetic Exploration of Cellular Heterogeneity: From Stem Cells to Cancer Cells Tayloria Adams, Ph.D. University of Houston
09/27/2024 - 12:00pm Oxidation Effects on Lipoproteins Measured by Dynamic Light Scattering” Richa Chandra, Ph.D. University of Houston
09/20/2024 - 12:00pm Tissue Engineering of Salivary Glands through Biofabrication Daniel Harrington, Ph.D. University of Houston
09/06/2024 - 12:00pm Understanding and Exploiting Cancer Mechanobiology Adam J. Engler, Ph.D. University of Houston
08/30/2024 - 12:00pm Latent Variable Modeling for Decoding Cognitive States from Behavioral and Physiological Data Ali Yousefi, Ph.D. University of Houston
09/08/2023 - 12:00pm Perturbation-based locomotor training for individuals post-stroke Seoung Hoon Park, Ph.D. SEC 204
09/01/2023 - 12:00pm Toward Neuromuscular coordination-guided (NeuroCoord-guided) neurorehabilitation after stroke Jinsook Roh, Ph.D. SEC 204
04/21/2023 - 12:00pm Genome Engineering: A New Engineering Discipline Emerging in the 2020s? Bernhard Palsson, Ph.D. SEC 105
04/14/2023 - 12:00pm Evolving Fluorescent Indicators to Monitor Neuronal Voltage Dynamics in vivo François St-Pierre, Ph.D. SEC 105
04/07/2023 - 12:00pm Advanced Optical Endoscopes for Early Cancer Detection Jennifer Kehlet Barton, Ph.D. Health 1 Room 203
03/31/2023 - 12:00pm Effect of Directional Uncertainty on Motor Preparation: Psychophysics and Neural Activity Giuseppe Pellizzer, Ph.D. SEC 105
03/24/2023 - 12:00pm Computations in the cerebellum during control of a movement Reza Shadmehr, Ph.D. SEC 105
03/03/2023 - 12:00pm Regenerative Medicine for Pelvic Floor Disorders: the Hope and Hype Margot S. Damaser, Ph.D. Via Zoom
02/24/2023 - 12:00pm Multifunctional wearable electronics with superior stretching, self-healing, recycling and reconfiguring capabilities Jianliang Xiao, Ph.D. SEC 105
02/17/2023 - 12:00pm Dynamics of Stochastic Integrate-and-Fire Networks Gabriel Koch Ocker, Ph.D. Via Zoom
02/10/2023 - 12:00pm Design of Functional Biomaterials for Soft Tissue Repair Ghanashyam Acharya, Ph.D. SEC 105
02/03/2023 - 12:00pm Collaborative Opportunities for Research in Neurosurgery Ashwin Viswanathan, M.D. SEC 105
01/27/2023 - 12:00pm New Capabilities in Neuroscience Research Workflows Dimitri Yatsenko, Ph.D. SEC 105
01/20/2023 - 12:00pm Neural Engineering for Sensorimotor Rehabilitation in Hemiparetic Stroke Yuan Yang, Ph.D. Via Zoom
09/09/2022 - 12:00pm Multimodal Optical Coherence Tomography and Selective-Plane Illumination Microscopy for Embryonic Imaging Md Mobarak Karim SEC 206
09/09/2022 - 12:00pm High Resolution 3D Biomechanical Mapping of Embryos with Optical Coherence Elastography Christian Zevallos Delgado SEC 206
09/02/2022 - 12:00pm Transfer Learning Application and Selective Control of Somatosensory Brain Activity Using a Novel Peripheral Neural Interface Bret See SEC 206
09/02/2022 - 12:00pm Functional in Vivo Optoacoustic Imaging Unravels Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Use on Fetal Brain Vasculature and Cardiac Function Maryam Hatami, Ph.D. SEC 206
04/22/2022 - 12:00pm Overview of Ob/Gyn & Reproductive Health and Some Relationships to Engineering and Beyond Kimberly A. Pilkinton, M.D., M.P.H Via Zoom
04/08/2022 - 12:00pm Mapping Neurocircuits for Emotional Eating Qingchun Tong, Ph.D. Via Zoom
04/01/2022 - 12:00pm The Biomechanics of Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Left Heart Failure Naomi C. Chesler, Ph.D. Via Zoom
03/25/2022 - 12:00pm Neuromodulation Of Spinal Networks To Regain Sensorimotor Function After Paralysis Dimitry Sayenko, M.D., Ph.D. Via Zoom
03/11/2022 - 12:00pm Optical Theranostics Using Red Blood Cells Bahman Anvari, Ph.D. Via Zoom
02/25/2022 - 12:00pm Promoting Patient Engagement in Upper Limb Robotic Rehabilitation Therapy Marcia O’Malley, Ph.D. Via Zoom
02/14/2022 - 12:00pm High Resolution Imaging and Modeling of Collagen Architecture Alterations in Ovarian Cancer and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Paul Campagnola, Ph.D. Health 1 Building, 4349 Martin Luther King Blvd Rm 203, Houston, TX 77203
02/11/2022 - 12:00pm Paradigm Shift in Treatment Design for Movement Disorders Using Personalized Neuromusculoskeletal Models Mohammad S. Shourijeh, Ph.D. Via Zoom
02/04/2022 - 12:00pm Development Of Next Generation Quantitative Ultrasound And Elastography Imaging Methods Guy Cloutier, Ph.D. Zoom
01/28/2022 - 12:00pm Transcranial Near-Infrared Stimulation Enhances Cerebral Metabolism, Connectivity, and EEG Powers in Healthy Humans Hanli Liu, Ph.D. Zoom
01/21/2022 - 12:00pm Revealing Brain Circuits Underlying Sensory Processing, Plasticity, and Neuropsychiatric Disease Benjamin Arenkiel, Ph.D. Zoom
11/19/2021 - 12:00pm Retbindin, Vitamin B2 and Vision Xue Zhao Zoom
11/12/2021 - 12:00pm Brain Controllability Analysis Feng Fang Zoom
11/05/2021 - 12:00pm Probing Tissue Motion Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Raja Muthupillai, Ph.D. Zoom
10/29/2021 - 12:00pm Neuromodulation Therapies: Lessons from a Career in Clinical Translation Kip Ludwig, Ph.D. Zoom
10/22/2021 - 12:00pm Sensorimotor Control of Dexterous Manipulation Across the Lifespan Pranav Parikh, Ph.D. Zoom
10/15/2021 - 12:00pm Eye’s Structure, Optical & Biomechanics Properties from Imaging Susana Marcos, Ph.D Zoom
10/08/2021 - 12:00pm Encoding of Reward and Physical Effort by Sensorimotor Cortical Local Field Potentials Taruna Yadav Zoom
10/01/2021 - 12:00pm Vision and Hearing Loss Resulting from a Mutation in Ush2a gene Ryan Crane Zoom
09/28/2021 - 12:00pm Label-free Brain Imaging and Mapping with a Serial Optical Coherence Scanner Taner Akkin, Ph.D. Zoom
09/17/2021 - 12:00pm Revealing Brain Circuits Underlying Sensory Processing, Plasticity, and Neuropsychiatric Disease Benjamin Arenkiel, Ph.D. University of Houston
09/10/2021 - 12:00pm Functional Imaging of Embryonic Development with Noninvasive Volumetric Optoacoustic Tomography Maryam Hatami, Ph.D. Zoom
09/10/2021 - 12:00pm Structural and Functional Imaging with Optical Coherence Tomography Manmohan Singh, Ph.D. Zoom
09/03/2021 - 12:00pm Genome Wide Association Studies in Ischemic Stroke and Ischemic White Matter Disease Paul A. Nyquist MD/MPH Zoom
08/27/2021 - 12:00pm Direct Spleen-Vagus Nerve Communication Uncovered By Platinized Graphene Fiber Electrodes María Alejandra González-González, PhD Zoom
04/23/2021 - 12:00pm Rehabilitation and Neuromuscular Robotics Ashish D. Deshpande University of Houston
04/16/2021 - 12:00pm Nanomachines and Nanobioelectronics Dr. Joseph Wang University of Houston
04/09/2021 - 12:00pm Cancer Immunotherapy Dr. Shuhia Chen University of Houston
04/02/2021 - 12:00pm Focused Ultrasound for Treating Neurological Diseases Dr. Kim Pauley University of Houston
03/26/2021 - 12:00pm Overcoming Transport Barriers in Cancer Treatment Haifa Shen, MD, PhD University of Houston
03/11/2021 - 12:00pm Proteogenomics insights into the biology and treatment of HPV-negative head and neck cancer Bing Zhang, Ph.D. University of Houston
03/05/2021 - 12:00pm Importance of Math Models in Uncovering Mechanisms in Alzheimer’s Disease NSF’s Investments in Biotechnology & Bioeconomy Theresa Good, Ph.D. University of Houston
02/26/2021 - 12:00pm Unraveling Rare Cell Analysis….A Billion Cells at a Time Shana Kelley, Ph.D. University of Houston
02/12/2021 - 12:00pm Translating Biomaterials for CNS Drug Delivery Rachael Sirianni, PhD University of Houston
02/05/2021 - 12:00pm Biological Insights from Physical Properties William H. Grover, Ph.D. University of Houston
01/29/2021 - 12:00pm Drugs should be designed with delivery in mind (and vice versa) Cory Berkland, Ph.D. University of Houston
01/22/2021 - 12:00pm Post-Translational Regulation of Cardiac Muscle Contraction by Myofilamental Acetylation Sanjeev G. Shroff, Ph.D. University of Houston
11/20/2020 - 12:00pm Neural Interfaces for Controlling Finger Movements Cindy Chestek University of Houston
11/06/2020 - 12:00pm Uncovering projections to motor cortex using single-pulse electrical stimulation Kai Miller University of Houston
10/30/2020 - 12:00pm Closed-loop sensory augmentation and its effect on motor control Hangue Park University of Houston
10/23/2020 - 12:00pm High-Performance Organic Bioelectronic Actuators with Tunable Dynamics Operate in Liquid and Gel Electrolytes Mohammadjavad Eslamian University of Houston
10/23/2020 - 12:00pm Assessment of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Using High Density Surface EMG Nick Dias University of Houston
10/16/2020 - 12:00pm Determining next career steps and creating a plan to get there Ed Krug University of Houston
10/09/2020 - 12:00pm Using artificial intelligence to inform personalized neuromodulation therapies for neurological and psychiatric disorders Dr. Babak Mahmoudi University of Houston
10/02/2020 - 12:00pm Intracranial electrophysiological measurement in human visual cortex Dora Hermes, PhD University of Houston
09/18/2020 - 4:00pm Deciphering the brain's neural code through large-scale simulation of cortical circuits Salva Dura University of Houston
09/11/2020 - 12:00pm Building Tissue Niches for Regenerating Physiologically Functional Human Islet Organoids from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Kaiming Ye University of Houston
08/28/2020 - 12:00pm Computational Renal Pathology: Growing Opportunities for Engineers Pinaki Sarder University of Houston
02/10/2020 - 12:00pm Design of Functional Biomaterials for Soft Tissue Repair Ghanashyam Acharya, Ph.D. SEC 105
11/08/2019 - 12:00pm The Success of Cancer Immune Therapy is About Delivery: Lessons Learnt During My 20 Years Laboratory Journey Shulin Li, PhD SEC 204
11/01/2019 - 12:00pm Optical Cavity-based Biosensor for Point-of-care (POC) Medical Diagnostics Prof. Seunghyun Kim SEC 204
10/25/2019 - 12:00pm Using Biomolecules to Overcome Biological Barriers for Drug Delivery Dr. Debadyuti Ghosh Abstract SEC 204
10/18/2019 - 12:00pm Applications of MRI for Brain Research Dr. Christof Karmonik SEC 204
10/11/2019 - 12:00pm Towards Man-Machine Symbiosis Professor A. H. Tewfik SEC 204
10/04/2019 - 12:00pm Neuromusculoskeletal Modeling and Rehabilitation Robotics: Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together B.J. FREGLY SEC 204
09/27/2019 - 12:00pm Using Smart Technology to Age in Place Constance M. Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN Biosketch SEC 204
09/13/2019 - 12:00pm Systems Biology Guided Bone Regeneration Xiaobo Zhou, Ph.D. SEC 204
09/06/2019 - 12:00pm Microdevices in Cardiovascular Diseases Professor Renita Horton SEC 204
08/30/2019 - 12:00pm Interactions of Protein Aggregates in Neurodegenerative Disease: Implications for Drug Development Rakez Kayed, Ph.D. . Biosketch Rakez Kayed, Ph.D. SEC 204
08/23/2019 - 12:00pm Protein: Protein Interaction Based Allosteric Modulators of Voltage-gated Na+ Channels Fernanda Laezza, M.D., Ph.D. SEC 204
08/20/2019 - 3:30pm Toward a Thinking Microscope: Deep Learning-enabled Computational Microscopy and Sensing Aydogan Ozcan, Ph.D. University of Houston, Health 1, Room 267
04/19/2019 - 12:00pm Proteomic investigation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: moving towards precision medicine Proteomic investigation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: moving towards precision medicine SEC 206
04/12/2019 - 12:00pm Delivering Identifying and Point-of-care Information to Improve Care Coordination Sylvia J. Hysong, Ph.D. SEC 206
03/29/2019 - 12:00pm From Molecular Bioengineering to Translational Neuroscience: The Process of Transitioning Research Focus as a Bioengineer Devin W. McBride, Ph.D. SEC 206
03/08/2019 - 12:00pm Multi-scale Mapping of Cellular Alterations in Brain Tissue due to Concussion Professor Badri Roysam SEC 206
03/01/2019 - 12:00pm Molecular Biological Substrate of a Cyber-Physical System Clifford Dacso, MD, MPH, MBA SEC 206
02/15/2019 - 12:00pm Adoptive Cell Therapy: Enabling Technologies for the Next Generation Dr. Cassian Yee SEC 206
02/01/2019 - 12:00pm Neonatal Medicine: State of the Art & Ongoing Challenges Caraciolo J. Fernandes, MD, MBA SEC 206
01/25/2019 - 12:00pm Assessing and Communicating the Value of a Comprehensive Arts and Medicine Hospital Based Program in the Texas Medical Center J. Todd Frazier SEC 206
01/18/2019 - 12:00pm Computational Modeling of Vascular Pathologies and Therapies: Toward Personal Medicine Stefano Casarin, Ph.D. SEC 206
11/10/2017 - 12:00pm Immune Modulatory Biomaterials for Cell-Based Therapies Omid Veiseh, Ph.D. SEC 204
10/20/2017 - 12:00pm An example of clinical application of biomedical engineering - localization of innervation zone via surface EMG for post-stroke spasticity management Sheng Li, Ph.D. SEC 204
10/13/2017 - 12:00pm Seeing life in a new light Vladislav V. Yakovlev, Ph.D. SEC 204
10/06/2017 - 12:00pm Genomic Analysis of Human Susceptibility to Neural Tube Defects: Gene - Environment Interactions Richard H. Finnell, Ph.D. SEC 204
09/29/2017 - 12:00pm Learning about reproduction and development through functional optical imaging Irina V. Larina, Ph.D. SEC 204
09/15/2017 - 12:00pm Advanced EMG and NeuroMyo Engineering for Rehabilitation Ping Zhou, Ph.D. SEC 204
09/08/2017 - 12:00pm Identifying cancer driver mutations and genes from cancer big data Zhongming Zhao, Ph.D. SEC 204
04/21/2017 - 12:00pm Diagnosis and prevention strategies for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Rajesh C. Miranda, PhD SEC 204
04/14/2017 - 12:00pm Methionine Aminopeptidases as Therapeutic Targets for Tuberculosis Omonike Olaleye, PhD. SEC 204
04/07/2017 - 12:00pm Oligonucleotide aptamer, a chemical antibody for cancer diagnosis and therapy Youli Zu, PhD. SEC 204
03/31/2017 - 12:00pm Insight into neural mechanisms of strabismus from studies in non-human primate models Vallabh Das, Ph.D. SEC 204
03/24/2017 - 12:00pm Statistics of Memory: Towards Closed Loop Interaction With the Hippocampus Caleb Kemere, Ph.D. SEC 204
03/10/2017 - 12:00pm Molecular Spectroscopy for Noninvasive Clinical Diagnosis Xiaohong Bi, Ph.D. SEC 204
03/03/2017 - 12:00pm Multimodality Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions in the New Era of Precision Medicine Baowei Fei, Ph.D. SEC 204
02/24/2017 - 12:00pm Computer simulations identify a novel drug target for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis treatment Sherif Elbasiouny, Ph.D. SEC 204
02/03/2017 - 12:00pm Plumbing the brain: Understanding the relationship between neural activity and hemodynamic signals in the behaving brain Patrick J Drew, Ph.D. SEC 204
01/27/2017 - 12:00pm High-resolution deep-tissue imaging via ultrasound-switchable fluorescence and its biomedical applications Baohong Yuan, Ph.D. SEC 204
01/20/2017 - 12:00pm Advanced Emission Tomography: Challenges and Solutions Jing Tang, Ph.D. SEC 204
12/09/2016 - 12:00pm Wearable tech and its clinical applications Bijan Najafi, Ph.D. SEC 204
12/08/2016 - 11:30am maging of Multi-Scale Biological Dynamics with Five-Dimensional Optoacoustics Daniel Razansky, Ph.D. Dean’s Conference Room (Engr Bldg. 2, 4th Floor)
12/02/2016 - 12:00pm Synthetic Virology: Reprogramming Viruses into Controllable Nanodevices Junghae Suh, Ph.D. SEC 204
11/18/2016 - 12:00pm Engineering biomimetic materials to target inflammation and tune immune response Ennio Tasciotti, Ph.D. SEC 204
11/11/2016 - 12:00pm Neurons, networks, seizures, and how to control them. Jokūbas Žiburkus, PhD SEC 204
11/04/2016 - 12:00pm Spatiotemporal dynamics of synthetic microbial collectives Krešimir Josić, Ph.D. SEC 204
10/21/2016 - 12:00pm Biomolecular Engineering for Genome Editing and Nanomedicine Gang Bao, Ph.D. SEC 204
10/14/2016 - 12:00pm Imaging and Therapy Directed at Cancer Stroma Cells Chun Li, Ph.D. SEC 204
10/07/2016 - 12:00pm Elastography: principles and applications for characterization of tissue mechanical properties Salavat Aglyamov, Ph.D. SEC 204
09/30/2016 - 12:00pm Why, When and Where Blood Clots: Organ-on-Chip Approaches in the Assessment of Hemostasis and Thrombosis Abhishek Jain, Ph.D. SEC 204
09/23/2016 - 12:00pm Enhancement of Information in Medical Image Data: Applications in a Clinical Research Environment Christof Karmonik, PhD SEC 204
09/16/2016 - 12:00pm New Frontiers in X-Ray Imaging Mini Das, Ph.D. SEC 204
09/09/2016 - 12:00pm NON-INVASIVE EEG+FNIRS AS A PORTABLE IMAGING PLATFORM Ahmet Omurtag, Ph.D. SEC 204
09/02/2016 - 12:00pm Structural and Functional Imaging of Tissues with Optical Coherence Tomography Kirill Larin, Ph.D. SEC 204
04/22/2016 - 12:00pm Nano- and Microfabricated Hydrogels for Regenerative Engineering Ali Khademhosseini, Ph.D. SEC 204
04/08/2016 - 12:00pm Application of protein microarrays in analyzing methylated DNA-protein interactions in humans Heng Zhu, Ph.D. SEC 204
04/01/2016 - 12:00pm Origins of Muscular Weakness in Hemispheric Stroke: Applications of Advanced Technologies Zev Rymer, Ph.D. SEC 204
03/25/2016 - 12:00pm Mid-IR Imaging: Giving Real-Time Biochemical Feedback to the Pathologist Michael Walsh, Ph.D. SEC 204
03/11/2016 - 12:00pm ROLE OF THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX IN PROGRESSION OF RETINAL DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS Muayyad Al-Ubaidi, Ph.D. SEC 204
03/04/2016 - 12:00pm Putting Nanomaterials to Work for Biomedical Research Younan Xia, Ph.D. University of Houston
02/26/2016 - 12:00pm Multimodal imaging strategies for biological imaging and diagnostics Tomasz S Tkaczyk, Ph.D. SERC 204
02/12/2016 - 10:00am Tissue Optics and Nanomedicine Valery V. Tuchin, Ph.D. SERC 205
02/05/2016 - 12:00pm Rapid, Low-Cost, Paper-Based Assay for Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease Sergey Shevkoplyas, Ph.D. SERC 204
01/29/2016 - 12:00pm An Integrated Approach to Improving Visual Performance in Highly Aberrated Eyes Jason Marsack, Ph.D. SERC 204
01/22/2016 - 12:00pm Generation of Animal Models for Human Retinal Disorders and their Application in Development of Nanoparticle-mediated Gene Therapy Muna Naash, Ph.D. SERC 204
04/15/2014 - 11:00am Exploring Lupus and Molecular Medicine by Molecular Imaging Shi Ke, M.D., Ph.D. SERC 2014
03/19/2014 - 4:00pm MRI Seminar: A Brief Introduction to MRI and fMRI Jeff Anderson, Ph.D. SEC 203
03/19/2014 - 10:00am Platelet - Inspired Biomedical Technologies Anirban Sen Gupta University of Houston
03/17/2014 - 10:00am Light Meditated, Nanoplasmonic Gene Delivery System for Modulating Adipose Derived Stromal/Stem Cell Differentiation Daniel Hayes, Ph.D. ENGR 2 - E312
03/13/2014 - 11:00am Photocatalytic, plasmonic, and upcoversion nanoparticles for biomedical imaging and therapy Valery V. Tuchin, Ph.D. ENGR 2 - E225
03/07/2014 - 11:00am Predictive morphometric subtypes in Glioblastoma Multiforme Bahram Parvin, Ph.D. SEC 205
12/20/2013 - 11:00am Exploring Lupus by Molecular Imaging Dr. Shi Ke 102-D
12/10/2013 - 11:00am Multi-scale computational models of spatial and dynamic properties of biological systems: protein functions, protein-protein interactions, stochastic networks, chromosome folding, and wound healing Jie Liang, Ph.D. SEC 203
05/21/2013 - 11:00am Neural Control of the Hand: From Sensorimotor Memory to Execution of Dexterous Manipulation Dr. Marco Santello, School of Biological & Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University 102-D ENGR I
04/22/2013 - 11:00am Multi-Scale Models of Host-Pathogen Interactions for Infectious Agents and Translational Medicine Dr. Jeffery M. Gearhart ENGR 1 - 102-D
03/25/2013 - 3:00pm Brain on a Chip: Designing In-Vitro Neural Circuits Dr. Bruce Wheeler, University of Florida SEC 105